The Science That Deals with When Diseases Occur and How

question 17

Multiple Choice

The science that deals with when diseases occur and how they are transmitted is called

• A) communicable disease.
• B) morbidity and mortality.
• C) public health.
• D) ecology.
• E) epidemiology.

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Definitions:

Stabilizing Selection

A type of natural selection that favors the average individuals in a population, reducing variation around the mean phenotype.

Antibiotic Resistance

The ability of bacteria to withstand the effects of antibiotics, often through genetic mutations or acquisition of resistance genes.

Phenotype Frequency

Phenotype frequency refers to the proportion of individuals in a population that exhibit a specific observable trait or phenotype.

Temporal Isolation

A prezygotic reproductive isolating mechanism in which genetic exchange is prevented between similar species because they reproduce at different times of the day, season, or year.